Abstract
We previously showed that aripiprazole increases intracellular NADPH and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA in PC12 cells. Aripiprazole presumably activates a system that concurrently detoxifies reactive oxygen species and replenishes NADPH. Nrf2, a master transcriptional regulator of redox homeostasis genes, also activates the pentose phosphate pathway, including NADPH production. Therefore, our aim was to determine whether aripiprazole activates Nrf2 in PC12 cells. Aripiprazole increased mRNA expression of Nrf2-dependent genes (NAD(P)H–quinone oxidoreductase-1, Nqo1; heme oxygenase-1, HO1; and glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit) and protein expression of Nqo1 and HO1 in these cells (p < 0.05). To maintain increased Nrf2 activity, it is necessary to inhibit Nrf2 degradation; this is done by causing Nrf2 to dissociate from Keap1 or β-TrCP. However, in aripiprazole-treated cells, the relative amount of Nrf2 anchored to Keap1 or β-TrCP was unaffected and Nrf2 in the nuclear fraction decreased (p < 0.05). Aripiprazole did not affect phosphorylation of Nrf2 at Ser40 and decreased the relative amount of acetylated Nrf2 (p < 0.05). The increase in Nqo1 and HO1 in aripiprazole-treated cells cannot be explained by the canonical Nrf2-degrading pathways. Further experiments are needed to determine the biochemical mechanisms underlying the aripiprazole-induced increase in these enzymes.
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Abbreviations
- β-TrCP:
-
β-Transducin repeat-containing protein
- DMEM:
-
Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium
- G6PD:
-
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
- Gcl-C:
-
Glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit
- Gcl-M:
-
Glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit
- GSK3β:
-
Glycogen synthase kinase 3β
- Gstp1:
-
Glutathione S-transferase π1
- HO1:
-
Heme oxygenase-1
- HPRT:
-
Hypoxanthine–guanine phosphoribosyltransferase
- HRP:
-
Horseradish peroxidase
- Ig:
-
Immunoglobulin
- Keap1:
-
Kelch-like ECH-associating protein 1
- MTHFD2:
-
Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2
- Nqo1:
-
NAD(P)H−quinone oxidoreductase-1
- Nrf2:
-
NF-E2 p45-related factor 2
- PAGE:
-
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- PBS:
-
Phosphate-buffered saline
- PI3K:
-
Phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase
- PKC:
-
Protein kinase C
- p-Akt (Ser473):
-
Akt phosphorylated at Ser473
- p-Akt (Thr308):
-
Akt phosphorylated at Thr308
- p-GSK3β (Ser9):
-
GSK3β phosphorylated at Ser9
- p-Nrf2 (Ser40):
-
Nrf2 phosphorylated at Ser40
- PPAT:
-
Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate amidotransferase
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- SDS:
-
Sodium dodecyl sulfate
- Taldo:
-
Transaldolase
- Tkt:
-
Transketolase
- xc-system:
-
Anionic amino acid transporter light chain
- xCT:
-
Xc-system member 11 (Slc7a11)
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This work was supported by grants-in-aid from Fujita Health University to AO and YSK and by grants-in-aid from Kinjo University to KM.
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Kaneko, Y.S., Takayanagi, T., Nagasaki, H. et al. Aripiprazole increases NAD(P)H–quinone oxidoreductase-1 and heme oxygenase-1 in PC12 cells. J Neural Transm 122, 757–772 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-014-1350-8
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